The Real Heiress Rules the World

Chapter 48

Chapter 48 Everyone Targeting Sloane

Chapter 48 Everyone Targeting Sloane

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“Ahem.” The Rivers family patriarch cleared his throat, looking troubled. “Marshall, it’s not that we don’t want to help you–but when it comes to breaking the law, there’s really nothing we can do.”

He gave a subtle nudge. “Didn’t you say the Hawthorne family is your in–law? Why not ask them for help?”

Marshall picked up on the hint, sighing helplessly. “It’s not like I don’t want to. But the Hawthorne family isn’t somewhere I can just walk into.”

The matriarch cut in, “I heard Lucas sent someone over recently to bring Sloane back to the Hawthorne estate.” Her tone was suggestive. “You may not be able to get in—but someone else can.”

The mention of that made Marshall furious. “I told Sloane to go see Lucas before I came here. That ungrateful girl refused.”

The patriarch’s brows drew together, a flicker of displeasure passing through his eyes. “She refused? What is wrong with her? Doesn’t she know how serious this is? The Rivers family is on the brink of collapse and she’s still being stubborn?”

messed up,” the matriarch said with a scoff. “If she were in my house,

that. He was already running the numbers in his head, calculating whether it was

was just dodging responsibility, he knew they weren’t going to

her arms. “We might as well use this to test the Hawthorne family’s stance. If they don’t step in, that means they never

a side branch anyway. If it goes under, so be

house empty–handed. Adrian had

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station too, where he’d gone to

heart sank. Still clinging to hope, she

“They’re afraid of getting dragged into it. They’re

with Boone, and he finally told me

cracked. She felt like the sky had fallen. They’d all thought he

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